Ukulele Dashboard
Your online guide to beginner chords, easy songs, and practice tips.
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Table of Contents
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The Basics
Before diving in, it's important you know how to:
Once you've got the basics down, you're ready to start learning some chords.
Beginner Chords
A great way to learn chords is in the context of actual songs. So start with...
1-Chord Songs with C major
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- Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles - 1966
- Coconut - Harry Nilsson - 1971
- Ever So Lonely - Monsoon - 1982
- American Woman - Lenny Kravitz - 1998 - (Sounds better with Cm but works with C. Also, this song modulates.)
- Pretty Polly - Traditional - NA
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat - Traditional - NA
- The Farmer in the Dell - Traditional - NA
- Make New Friends - Traditional - NA
- Frère Jacques - Traditional - NA
To see chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, mandolin, or banjo, click here.
2-Chord Songs with C & F
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- Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter - 1943
- Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly - 1952
- Dream Baby - Roy Orbison - 1955
- Reuben’s Train - The Dillards - 1963
- Iko Iko - Dixie Cups - 1964
- The Name Game - Sherry Ellis - 1964
- Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker - 1969
- Just My Imagination - The Temptations - 1971 - The entire song is C & F - except for a G7 at 2:50.
- Walk on the Wide Side - Lou Reed - 1972 - It sounds better with a Dm thrown in. But this song works with C & F.
- I’ll Take You There - The Staple Singers - 1972
- Reggae Got Soul - Toots & the Maytals - 1976
- Love Is a Stranger - Eurythmics - 1983
- Chewing Gum - Annie - 2004 - I don't have music notation yet.
- How Come? - Ray LaMontagne - 2004 - There's technically a Bb too. But it's optional.
- LDN - Lily Allen - 2006 - Playable with C or C7.
- Hey Lover - Blake Mills - 2010
- Hold On - Alabama Shakes - 2012
There are also lots of folk tunes & nursery rhymes with these 2 chords.
To see chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, mandolin, or banjo, click here.
Visit the Chord Dashboard if you'd rather start with different chords. When you can play 3 or more chords, start finding your own easy songs.
Easy Songs
This site features tons of easy songs. In addition to nursery rhymes, there are also:
Push Yourself
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The tools below are designed to push you (but not too hard).
Extra Resources
Here are some additional resources to guide you along the music path. Be sure to bookmark these for later.
Chord Diagrams
- Major Chords (e.g. G)
- Minor Chords (e.g. Gm)
- Dominant 7th Chords (e.g. G7)
- Minor 7th Chords (e.g. Gm7)